The tricky cliff section near the true summit of Sumbing crater (Daniel Quinn, October 2010)
Sumbing crater at dawn (Daniel Quinn, October 2010)
Sumbing crater as seen from the true summit (Daniel Quinn, October 2010)
Telomoyo, Merbabu and Merapi as seen from the true Sumbing summit (Daniel Quinn, October 2010)
Merbabu and Merapi as seen from the true Sumbing summit (Daniel Quinn, October 2010)
Looking down the jagged crater rim of Sumbing (Daniel Quinn, October 2010)
Sumbing crater (Daniel Quinn, October 2010)
Sindoro and the Dieng hills beyond from Sumbing summit (Daniel Quinn, October 2010)
The Sumbing tiled summit cairn and Edelweiss (Daniel Quinn, October 2010)
Merbabu and a smoking Merapi from Gunung Sumbing (Daniel Quinn, October 2010)
Merapi during an especially active period as seen from Gunung Sumbing (Daniel Quinn, October 2010)
Gunung Sumbing crater from the true summit (Daniel Quinn, October 2010)
Negotiating the tricky cliff on Sumbing (Daniel Quinn, October 2010)
Other hikers on the lower, more common destination of Puncak Buntu, Sumbing (Daniel Quinn, October 2010)
Looking back at the true Sumbing peak (Daniel Quinn, October 2010)
The Sumbing crater below (Daniel Quinn, October 2010)
Gunung Sumbing crater rim (Daniel Quinn, October 2010)
Gn Sumbing - Descending through the clouds back down to Kledung Pass (Daniel Quinn, October 2010)
Dawn on Sumbing crater (Daniel Quinn, May 2010)
Sindoro from Sumbing (Daniel Quinn, May 2010)
Smoke from Sumbing crater (Daniel Quinn, May 2010)
Sumbing from Sindoro (Daniel Quinn, May 2010)
Looking at the highest point on Sumbing crater (Daniel Quinn, May 2010)
Sumbing crater (Daniel Quinn, May 2010)
Gn Sumbing - Merapi and Merbabu in the distance (Daniel Quinn, May 2010)
Gn Sumbing - Ungaran in the distance (Daniel Quinn, May 2010)
Sindoro from the route to Sumbing (Daniel Quinn, May 2010)
'Tebing', the stone cliff, Gn Sumbing (Daniel Quinn, May 2010)
Sindoro from 'tebing', the stone cliff, Gn Sumbing (Daniel Quinn, May 2010)
Slamet in the distance, seen from Sumbing (Daniel Quinn, May 2010)
On the way down Sumbing (Daniel Quinn, May 2010)
Watu kotak, the stone box, Gn Sumbing (Daniel Quinn, May 2010)
Sumbing - the monument at 2,317m (Daniel Quinn, May 2010)
Sumbing Pos 1 (Daniel Quinn, May 2010)
Sumbing basecamp at Garung (Daniel Quinn, May 2010)
Sumbing from Kledung Pass (Daniel Quinn, May 2010)
Tobacco plantations around Sumbing and Sindoro (Heinz von Holzen, August 2007)
Sumbing (Heinz von Holzen, May 2007)
Sumbing crater (Heinz von Holzen, May 2007)
Sumbing from Sindoro (Heinz von Holzen, August 2007)
Sumbing from below (Wolfgang Piecha)
Sumbing from Sindoro (Wolfgang Piecha)
Sindoro from Sumbing (Wolfgang Piecha)
Sumbing and Sindoro from Slamet (Heinz von Holzen)
Sumbing and Sindoro from Merapi (Heinz von Holzen)
Sumbing from Sindoro (Daniel Quinn, June 2010)
Sumbing and Sindoro from Merbabu (Heinz von Holzen, June 2006)
Gunung Sumbing by Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn (1856)
Sumbing crater (unknown photographer, 1921)
Sumbing and Sindoro from Merbabu (unknown photographer, 1910) Courtesy TropenMuseum Archives
Gunung Sumbing (unknown photographer, 1918) Courtesy TropenMuseum Archives
A blocky lava dome fills the summit crater of Gunung Sumbing volcano. This view from the south shows the breached NE crater rim, through which a lava flow descended. The upper light-colored area on the left is a small pond, and the lower is a fumarolic area. Photo published in Taverne, 1926 "Vulkaanstudien op Java," (courtesy of Volcanological Survey of Indonesia).
Old Dutch postcard of Gunung Sumbing (thanks to Edwin Wiraajmaja, edwinwiraatmaja@ymail.com)